The stimulus bill the president signed into law restricts the use of bank bailout funds (money banks get from the Financial Stability Plan, formerly known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program) to hire skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program.

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The plan now is to try to use some of these local groups to funnel the vast sums of foreign aid money finally being promised into Somalia, taking the pressure off the swelling camps outside.

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Gore, who earlier had outlined other education initiatives, said his proposal to expand the National Tuition Savings Plan would be portable, allowing parents to use the pre-paid tuition money in the state of their choice.

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